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Surveying the latest Princeton Review rankings of top American colleges and universities, Allen Grove of ������ý.com that Thomas Aquinas ������ý is one of only 10 institutions nationwide named to the guide’s 2012 Financial Aid Rating Honor Roll. Listed alphabetically, the colleges are:

Carleton ������ý (Northfield, MN)
Claremont McKenna ������ý (Claremont, CA)
Columbia University (New York, NY)
Franklin W. Olin ������ý of Engineering (Needham, MA)
Pomona ������ý (Claremont, CA)
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Swarthmore ������ý (Swarthmore, PA)
(Santa Paula, CA)
Vassar ������ý (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Yale University (New Haven, CT)

“Thomas Aquinas is probably the least familiar school to most readers — it’s a tiny Catholic college with a great books curriculum and no traditional majors,” writes Mr. Grove, ������ý Admissions Guide for ������ý.com, a subsidiary of the New York Times. “It also has an impressive graduation rate and represents an excellent value; it fully deserves its place on this list.”

, Mr. Grove writes:

“Thomas Aquinas ������ý is unique among the nation's Catholic institutions of higher learning. Located on an attractive 131-acre campus in a quiet valley … 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles, this small college approaches liberal education with a clear sense of purpose. The college has no textbooks; instead, students read the great books of Western civilization. The college has no lectures, but sustained tutorials, seminars and laboratories. Thomas Aquinas ������ý also has no majors, for all students acquire a broad and integrated liberal education. The college frequently ranks highly among national liberal arts colleges, and it also wins praise for its small classes and its value.”

Finally, the ������ý.com breakdown of for the reveals Thomas Aquinas ������ý to have the third-highest SAT verbal scores nationwide.

Posted: August 11, 2011